A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure or body; the middle point or place.

The middle or central object. In an army, the body of troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. In a fleet, the division between the van and rear of the line of battle, and between the weather division and lee, in the order of sailing.

A single body or house. These institutions collected all authority into one center, kings, nobles and people. Center of gravity, in mechanics, the point about which all the parts of a body exactly balance each other. Center o motion, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it.

To place on a center; to fix on a central point.

To collect to a point. Thy joys are centered all in me alone.

To be collected to a point. Our hopes must center on ourselves alone.

To be collected to a point; to rest on.

To be placed in the middle.